Dorking Nursery School

State-Funded School

dorking-nursery-school-surrey-south-east

South EastRegion

SurreyLocal Authority

Dorking and HorleyConstituency

RH4 1BYPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Dorking Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Surrey, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 94 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 25 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 94
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 4 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Nov 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.